Grid reference SJ9815
near to Huntington, Staffordshire, England
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An Unknown German Solder
Poignant statement on a gravestone of Belgian granite at the German Military cemetery, Cannock Chase. Most of the German war dead in UK (WW1 and WW2) have been interred here.
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Commonwealth War Cemetery - Cannock Chase
Final resting place for 73 New Zealanders with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade based at Brockton Camp on Cannock Chase during the Great War.
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German War Cemetery
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Cemetery Path
The lane on Cannock Chase to the German War Cemetery.
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German War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
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Commonwealth War Cemetery
For Wikipedia article on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission see Link
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OS benchmark(s) - House at Broadhurst Green
A rather peculiar OS cutmark (two datum lines? What's that about?) in the bricks of a house at the crossroads. Originally levelled at 207.688m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
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Broadhurst Green, war graves
At Cannock Chase War Cemetery, containing British, Commonwealth, Polish and German graves. Link
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Tackeroo Railway - Approaching the German Cemetery (2)
The railway mirrors the line of the access track and can be seen as a raised formation with ditches on both sides. In a dry summer the line can be made with bilberry bushes.
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Group Graves of Four Zeppelin Crews
The four Zeppelin Airships that were shot down during the First World War are found here. They were originally buried elsewhere but all were brought together and each crew is buried together, with each man in a separate casket.
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Young woodland, Pottal Slade
Replanted block: trees grow fast here.
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'Graves Distancing'
German Gravestones, at the German Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase, Cannock.
'Graves distancing' refers to the space between the gravestones and the rows.
While the gravestones themselves are of the same size, they are not all... (more)
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